Folding box.



Patented Ian. 30, I900. Q 2. B. WEBB.

No. 642,382. Patented Ian. 30, I900. Z. B. WEBB.

FOLDING BOX.

(Application filed May 20, 1899.) (N0 Mudel.) 2 SheetsSheet 2.

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ZAIDA B. XVEBB, OF WVHIPPANY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS- SIGUMENTS, TO HENRY S. WVASHINGTON, OF LOCUST, AND JOHN S. W. THOMPSON, OF MORRISTOWVN, NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 642,182, dated January 30, 1906. Application filed May 20, 1899. Serial No. 717,664. (No model.)

To (tZZ whom it may concern:

Beitknown thatl,ZAIDAB.l/VEBB,of VVhippany, in the county of Morris and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Boxes, of which the following is a full,clear,and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in folding boxes; and the object of my invention is to produce a very cheap and simple form of folding box which can be quickly shaped up for use and which has means by which it can be securely locked in this position, so that it is practically as strong as the ordinary paper box, although my invention comprises a box which is made withoutfastening means of any kind, except such means as are formed on the box-blank.

My invention consists of a folding box construeted and arranged substantially as shown in the accompanying drawings and described in this specification.

In the drawings, wherein similar figures of reference designate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box when set up and closed. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the open box. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the box when partially folded, illustrating the manner in which the several folds and flaps are placed. Fig. a is a sectional plan view of the folding box. Fig. 5 is a plan View of the box-blank. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the open box with a slight modification of one of its flaps, and Fig. 7 is a broken vertieal section illustrating the arrangement of the locking-wings.

The box has a bottom 10, which is rectangular in shape, and this is scored around the edges, and the blank has at the corners parallel cuts, as shown at 11, 11, and 12, thus forming the end pieces 13 and 13 and also the side pieces 14, these latter being of a width equal to twice the height of the box and being scored, as shown at 15, so as to produce the outer and inner side pieces 16 and 17. The end pieces 13 and 13 are also scored at 13 so as to form the short stiffening-flaps 18 and 10, which are adapted to fold inward and assist in forming the box sides, as described below. One of the side pieces 16 has also an extension 20, forming a locking-strip, which in length is equal to the width of the box and which when folded into place, as shown best in Fig. 4 and as described presently, locks the two side pieces 16 in place, and so stitfens the box and prevents the displacement of its parts. The said locking-piece is separated from the part 16 by a scored line 21 to facilitate the folding of the box. I have also cut in the parts 16, from a point near the score line 15, flaps 22, which are adapted to project laterally into the box when it is folded, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and so form a protection to the goods in the box, and the flaps can also be used to hold a light cover, which may be slipped beneath them; but it will be seen at once that the box can be used without the flaps 22, if desired, and if a specially-strong box is to be made it is better not to cut the said fiaps,as the sides will be thereby strengthened.

Extending outward from the end piece 13 and separated therefrom by a score-line 23 is the top or cover 24, which is scored at its outer end, as shown at 25, forming a flap 26, which is preferably, though not necessarily, of a width corresponding to the height of the box and which is adapted to overlap the front of the box, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and this flap has at the ends and separated from it by a score-line 27 locking-wings 28, which are adapted to enter the sides of thebox between the side pieces 16 and 17, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 7, and so look the box very securely.

In some cases it is desirable to have a larger flap than the flaps 22 to cover the goods in the box, and to meet such requirements a flap 30 can be formed on the outer edge of the end piece 13, and this flap may be wide enough to practically cover the box, as in Fig. 6, or it may be out off at the line 31, in which latter case it can be used either as a flap or to stiffen the box, and if used as a stiffener it is folded over against the front side of the box, as shown clearly in Fig. 7.

The blank is cut out as described above and when the box is to be folded for use the end pieces 13 and 13 are bent up perpendicular to the bottom 10, the flaps 18 and 19 bent inward at right angles to the end pieces, so

as to overlap, as shown in Fig. 3, the inner side pieces 17 are folded up against the flaps 18 and 19,and the side pieces 16 folded over the tops of the flaps 18 and 19 and pushed downward firmly against them, thus forming the inner side walls of the box, and while the said side pieces 16 are being folded in the locking-strip 20 is bent inward parallel with the end wall13 and pushed downward against the box-bottom, thus forming the inner front wall of the box and atthe same time holding the side pieces 16 against displacement, It will be seen that this folding of the sides leaves openings at the front ends of the side walls, which openings are adapted to receive the locking-wings of the cover, as hereinafter described. It will be observed that this makes the box exceptionally stiff. The folding as above brings the top or cover 20 to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, and when the box is to be closed this top or cover is folded downward upon the box and the flap 26 closed over against the front end 13 of the box, the locking-wings 28 being at the same time inserted in the box sides between the side pieces 17 and flaps 18, so that when the box is closed and the cover locked down to the position shown in Fig. 1 the box has a perfectly smooth appearance, is firmly locked, and is braced by the locking-strip 20 and the locking-wings 28, so-that it is practically as stiff and strong as a solid-walled box.

From the foregoing description it will of course be understood that the locking-strips 20.c an be formed on either of the side pieces 16, that the flap 30 may be made to serve the purpose of the locking-strip, that the top flaps 22 may be used or not, as desired, and that in any event the locking-wings 28 thoroughly fasten the box. It will also be understood that these locking-wings may be used with other forms of box-body having a swinging cover and side pieces to receive the wings without departing from the principle of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A- folding box having a bottom, end pieces connected to opposite sides thereof, side pieces connected to the two remaining sides of the bottom and adapted to be folded over upon themselves to form the box sides, and a locking-strip connected to the outer portion of one of the side pieces and adapted to fold into the box at right angles to the side pieces and parallel with and against one of the end pieces, substantially as described.

2. A folding box comprising a bottom, end pieces connected to opposite sides thereof and provided with end flaps adapted to fold inward at angles to the end pieces, side pieces connected to the two remaining sides of the bottom, said side pieces being adapted to fold in the middle and be doubled over the flaps of the end pieces, and a locking-strip connected to one of the side pieces near the outer part thereof and adapted to fold inward at right angles to the side pieces and lie parallel with and against one of the end pieces, substantially as described.

3. A folding box comprising a bottom, end pieces connected to opposite edges thereof and provided with flaps adapted to turn inward at angles to the end pieces, side pieces connected to the two remaining sides of the bottom and adapted to be doubled over the aforesaid fiaps, of the end pieces, and inturned flaps cut from the said side pieces and adapted to project laterally into the box, substantially as described.

4. The combination with the box and the folding end pieces having inwardly-turnable flaps, of the side pieces connected to the bottom and adapted to be doubled over the said flaps, and a locking-strip connected to the outer part of one of the side pieces and adapted to fold inward at right angles to the side pieces and flat against one of the end pieces so as to extend from side to side of the box between the doubled side pieces,substantially as described.

5. A folding box comprising a bottom, end pieces connected to opposite edges thereof and provided with inwardly-turnable end flaps, side pieces connected to the two remaining edges of the cover and adapted to bedoubled over the flaps of the end pieces, a lockingstrip extending from one side piece to the other, a cover connected to one of the end pieces and provided with a terminal flap to overlap the box-front, and locking-wings at the end of the said front flap, said wings being adapted to enter the sides of the box, substantially as described.

ZAIDA B. VEBB.

Witnesses:

W. B. IIUTCI-IINSON, O. S. COWLEY. 

